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Room 7: The Automation Alley

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Difficulty: Advanced

Room 7: The Automation Alley

A room filled with gears and conveyor belts representing automated workflows

You step into a room buzzing with activity. Gears turn and conveyor belts move, symbolizing automated processes. A holographic display flickers to life: “Automate your way to victory!”

Your Mission

  1. Create a simple GitHub Action workflow.
  2. Trigger the workflow by pushing a change to your repository.
  3. View the results of the automated process.

Instructions

  1. In your local repository, create a new directory called .github/workflows.

  2. Inside this directory, create a file named hello-world.yml.

  3. Add the following content to the file:

    name: Hello World Workflow
on: [push]
jobs:
  say-hello:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Say Hello
        run: echo "Hello, GitHub Actions!"

  4. Commit this file and push it to your GitHub repository. Go to the “Actions” tab in your GitHub repository to see the workflow run.

Note: GitHub Actions can be powerful tools for automation, but be mindful of usage limits on free accounts.

graph TD A[Create workflow file] --> B(Commit and push) B --> C{Workflow triggered?} C -->|Yes| D[View results] C -->|No| E[Check workflow file for errors] E --> B
After your workflow runs successfully, what was the output of the “Say Hello” step? Enter it below: [Input field for workflow output]
Hint

Fantastic job! You’ve automated your first process with GitHub Actions. Onward to the next challenge!